What is Kaal Sarp Dosh & Its Various Aspects?

One of the most feared malefic astrological combinations is Kaal Sarp Dosh or Kaal Sarp Yog. A person’s birth chart displays this Dosh when the prime planets – Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Moon are placed in between Rahu and Ketu. While some astrologers consider this a harmful yog, there are others who believe that this combination can bring greater benefits to the native in terms of career path.

Is there Kaal Sarp Dosh in my Kundli?

However, it isn’t easy to be sure or unsure of whether your horoscope contains the Kaal Sarp Yog or not. It takes a detailed analysis by a best astrologer to find out the specific symptoms or indications of this Yog in your Janam Kundli or birth-chart. Symptoms that indicate presence of Kaal Sarp Yog in your Kundli include –

1. If you dream of your own house and water bodies around it.

2. You often see images of dead people in your dreams.

3. You see dead ancestors or departed family members in your dreams.

4. While sleeping, you feel someone strangling you or choking you.

There is little doubt that people with Kaal Sarp Yog in my Kundli are petrified of snakes and snake bites. It is also acknowledged by experienced astrologers that such people need to struggle in life. However, another aspect of this astrological combination is that such people are devoted to their family and make ideal citizens. Their other characteristics include being gregarious, nurturing and altruistic.

Those who are influenced by the Kaal Sarp Dosh must worship Lord Shiva and chant Om Namah Shivay on Mondays, which would bring them peace. Other simple remedies for this malefic Yog are chanting Panchakshari Mantra, which again is Om Namah Shivay and performing the Maha Mrityunjay Mantra Jaap at least 108 times daily.

Difference between Ascending and Descending Kaal Sarp Dosh

Depending upon the position of Rahu and Ketu among the 12 houses in birth-chart, the Kaal Sarp Yog is of 12 types. Besides, the Kaal Sarp Yog is also of two types – Ascending and Descending. The position of the 7 prime planets between Rahu and Ketu determines whether the Yog is ascending or descending. The planets at Rahu’s mouth mean an ascending Kaal Sarp Yog while descending Yog is when the planets are placed at Rahu’s rear.

Famous personalities with Kaal Sarp Dosh

Kaal Sarp Dosh has good as well as bad effects on the native. This is clearer if you look at how this Yog can be found in the horoscopes of a number of government ministers, including Prime Ministers, Presidents and Chief Ministers. One of the most prominent names in this regard would be that of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, India’s first prime minister post-independence. Present day personalities in India, who were born with this Yog in their Kundli and who could derive a good effect from it owing to their spiritual disposition are current Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. On the other hand, representing the negative impact of this Dosh is its presence in the horoscope of Harshad Mehta, who wreaked havoc at the national economy during early 1990s.